EU's Mind 'made up' on Microsoft 801
Alain Williams writes "The BBC reports that Microsoft could soon be facing multi-billion euro fines and other sanctions for breaking European competition law.
The European Commission has finished drafting its decision in the case it brought against the software giant." Let's just hope that the EU can fine them cash and not accept Microsoft coupons like the US does. Clearly the best solution to an operating system monopoly is to give free copies of windows to school and eliminate the competition as early in the education process as possible.
in fact, (Score:1, Funny)
Re:in fact, (Score:5, Funny)
Note to Pentagon: (Score:5, Funny)
Activate "Operation European Freedom" immediately.
GREAT! (Score:2, Funny)
Oh god the irony (Score:5, Funny)
Re:in fact, (Score:2, Funny)
Well, I can dream, can't I?
KFG
Re:Let's hope for Media Player removal (Score:5, Funny)
> Nintendo was once fined $600M for uncompetitive behaviour. How much do you think
> they can fine microsoft?
10% of the earnings.
Re:MS Coupons (Score:0, Funny)
Re:Knight'd! (Score:2, Funny)
Switch.
Re:"half-baked" (Score:4, Funny)
Kevin Bacon.
Re:in fact, (Score:3, Funny)
Re:i'm a little confused (Score:4, Funny)
It's only fair (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Knight'd! (Score:5, Funny)
And deservedly so; it was for services to British industry.
And without Microsoft Britain's IT consultant industry would be a mere shadow of its present glorious self. There are literally tens of thousands of highly trained professionals scattered across the country poised to save poor innocents from the consequences of Microsoft's overly-complicated, bug-ridden, security-holed applications.
Speaking personally, without Microsoft there is absolutely no way I would have been able to afford my Powerbook.
Best wishes,
Mike.
MS should tell the EU to fuck off (Score:1, Funny)
Say our OS can't be sold in Europe.
Tell your citizens that their old software cannot be used on a new computer.
Tell them the geek community says that Linux is so much better.
Most people on slashdot detest MS but the politicians are the real pond scum.
Regardless of the fevered things that you tell each other, MS is not an evil monopoly! No one forces you to buy anything from MS. Countries that are trying to force MS out are trying to create a monopoly for something in their back yard.
Handle it like the tobacco lawsuits (Score:3, Funny)
Advertise Firebird as a safe pr0n browser (Score:3, Funny)
So here's the hook - you tell all your male friends (and any females you know who surf for it as well) that there's this cool new browser that makes surfing for pr0n more efficient. You don't have to elaborate until they ask why (and they will, trust me!). Then you explain to them that they won't get those nasty popups anymore, they won't get dodgy pr0n spyware installed, they can block out all those crappy flashing penis enlargement ads, and they can use cool extensions (such as Magpie and X to name two) to mass download a whole gallery in a few mouse clicks and erase their tracks afterwards.
Result - you'll have 90% browser domination in about one month.
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